I've been trying to watch my water intake. However, yesterday I apparently wasn't watching, and drank and drank and drank. I think in the end I had consumed about 80 oz, which is extremely high for me.

The problem is this morning I woke up and my stomach hurt! It felt almost like it did when I was diagnosed with my ulcers years ago. And when I felt my stomach (like moms do to babies to see if they really are full) it was nearly as hard as a rock. Plus, I gained weight. So what I'm thinking is the weight gain was water retention. My stomach feeling this badly has not helped my food for the day.

For lunch I had a couple pieces of toast and some chicken soup. The food settled okay enough... but now I've just eaten dinner (veggie lasagna) and the pains are starting to come back.

Maybe it wasn't the water afterall. I don't know. I just wish it would go away.